Sunday, February 28, 2016

Top Ten Movies of 2015



1- Carol

Palpable emotions dripping from every single frame. And what beautiful meticously constructed frames they are. Carol gives us the best acting duet of this year, maybe this decade, in Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.


2- Girlhood


3- 45 Years



4- Sicario

....for puting me in the thick of things and getting me as perplexed and scared as its lead character Kate Macer (Emily Blunt).

5- Brooklyn
... for the copious tears I shed and for translating the ache of homesicknes into film.


6- Tangerine


7- About Elly
The best emotional thriller of the year.
8- Macbeth
Shakespeare has never been this sexy.

9 -Diary of a Teenage Girl
........ and
10- Slow West
Introducing new confident filmmaking voices in Marielle Heller and John McLean.

Final Oscar Predictions

Best Picture
Winner: The Revenant
Alternate: The Big Short


Best Directing
Winner: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Alternate: Adam McKay, The Big Short


Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Alternate: Bryan Cranston, Trumbo


Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Brie Larson, Room
Alternate: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn


Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Alternate: Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight


Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Alternate: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs


Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner: Spotlight
Alternate: Straight Outta Compton


Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner: The Big Short
Alternate: The Martian


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Best Animated Feature
Winner: Inside Out
Alternate: Anomalisa


Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Son of Saul
Alternate: Mustang


Best Documentary Feature
Winner: Amy
Alternate: What Happened, Miss Simone?


Best Documentary Short
Winner: Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Alternate: Body Team 12


Best Short Film (Animated)
Winner: Sanjay's Super Team
Alternate: World of Tomorrow

Best Short Film (Live Action)
Winner: Shok
Alternate: Day One


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Best Music (Original Score)
Winner: The Hateful Eight
Alternate: Carol


Best Music (Original Song)
Winner: Til It Happens to You, The Hunting Ground
Alternate: Writing's On The Wall, Spectre


Best Film Editing
Winner: The Big Short
Alternate: Mad Max: Fury Road


Best Cinematography
Winner: The Revenant
Alternate: Mad Max: Fury Road


Best Art Direction
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
Alternate: The Revenant


Best Costume Design
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
Alternate: Carol


Best Makeup
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
Alternate: The Revenant


Best Sound Mixing
Winner: The Revenant
Alternate: Mad Max: Fury Road


Best Sound Editing
Winner: The Revenant
Alternate: Mad Max: Fury Road


Best Visual Effects
Winner: The Revenant
Alternate: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens